About Amit
Helping adults understand the digital world children are growing up in.
Children’s lives have changed dramatically over the last decade. The adults responsible for protecting, educating and supporting them are trying to keep up. That’s where I come in.
I work with parents, schools and organisations across the UK, helping them better understand children’s digital lives, from social media and gaming to AI, online exploitation and digital safeguarding, so they can respond with confidence.
My Story
From classroom safeguarding to a national conversation.
When I first worked in education, safeguarding looked very different. The biggest concerns were often those we could see.
Today, many of the safeguarding challenges are shaped by smartphones, social media, gaming platforms, algorithms, AI, and online communities that evolve faster than most adults can keep up with.
As a former Deputy Headteacher, I saw first-hand how quickly the digital world was changing childhood, often negatively.
That realisation led me to create For Working Parents: helping parents, schools and organisations better understand children’s digital lives and respond with confidence.
Why I Do This
Technology isn't the problem. Childhood has changed faster than adulthood has adapted.
Technology itself isn’t the problem. In fact, technology is great in so many ways, and the next generation will be living and working in a world of technology. The challenge is that childhood is changing faster than adulthood has adapted.
Most parents didn’t grow up with smartphones. Most teachers never experienced social media at school. Most leaders are making safeguarding decisions about technologies they’ve never used themselves.
I believe we cannot effectively support children in a digital world we don’t fully understand.
That’s why everything I do is centred on helping adults bridge that gap.
What I Do
Four connected areas of specialist work.
Speaking
Delivering keynote talks on the digital world our children live in, including online harms, and workshops for schools, organisations and conferences.
Digital Safeguarding
Supporting schools through consultancy, leadership development, CPD and specialist digital safeguarding expertise.
Digital Parenting
Helping parents navigate social media, gaming, smartphones and AI with practical, evidence-based advice.
DDiSL
Creator of the UK's first comprehensive and specialist digital safeguarding training: Designated Digital Safeguarding Lead Training Programme.
Beyond My Work
Meet Amit, the person
People often describe my speaking style as honest, engaging and human. That probably comes from my own experiences.
I’m a husband and father of three young children. I’ve experienced profound loss after losing my mum to ovarian cancer. I’ve navigated the uncertainty of becoming a parent to a daughter born with three holes in her heart.
I was also diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, finally understanding things that never made sense to me.
My life experiences remind me that behind every digital safeguarding concern are people doing their best to navigate increasingly complex lives.
This perspective stays with me in every conversation I have.
The digital world isn't standing still. Neither can we.
As technology continues to reshape childhood, my mission remains simple:
To help adults better understand children’s digital lives so they can build safer schools, stronger families and more confident organisations.